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A 46-year-old West Valley City man is accused of kidnapping, robbing and assaulting boys he allegedly tied up for disrespecting his daughter.
Mohamed Shobi B. Mohamed-Sidik is charged in 3rd District Court with two counts each of kidnapping, robbery and assault over the Aug. 16 incident.
One of the boys told police he was invited to the home about noon that day, but that the man got angry when the boy entered his daughter's room. Charges do not make clear what happened in the girl's room to give Mohamed-Sidik the impression that the boy had shown her disrespect.
Mohamed-Sidik took the boy's cellphone and, with help from his son, removed the boy's clothes and tied the boy to a chair, the boy said in charging documents.
The boy said Mohamed-Sidik threatened him with a large knife, charges state, and made him apologize for "the disrespectful way [the boy] talked about [Mohamed-Sidik's] daughter."
The boy allegedly was instructed to call his friend, another boy, who was tied up when he arrived, but charges do not make it clear whether the second boy was disrobed.
Both boys were threatened that they would be killed if they did not apologize to Mohamed-Sidik's daughter, charges state. Mohamed-Sidik also took the second boy's cellphone, charges state.
The boys told police they were untied about 8 p.m., charges state, but were told to stay the night and were allowed to leave the next morning.
Before they left, they later told police, they were forced to sign a piece of paper, apologize for their treatment for Mohamed-Sidik's daughter and promise they would not contact the police, charges state.
On Aug. 24, police contacted Mohamed-Sidik, who told them he had bound the boys, taken their cellphones and interrogated them, charges state.
Mohamed-Sidik said he talked with the boys, charges state, about the way they had treated his daughter, then pardoned them and untied them.
After the boys were untied, Mohamed-Sidik said they all ate dinner together, charges state, and the next morning, he had the two boys sign a piece of paper before returning their phones and allowing them to leave.
Mohamed-Sidik gave police the signed pieces of paper, a knife, a pack of gum and a box of cigarettes he had allegedly taken from the boys, charges state.
Mohamed-Sidik's son told KUTV that his father had treated the teens like family and was just trying to teach them a lesson.
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